A rare Apple Computer 1 owned by a Dubai collector and signed by one of its creators is being auctioned next month, with its owner hoping to create awareness about how the device started a technology revolution.
The historic computer — which still works — has been valued at Dh1.8 million ($485,000) and will be auctioned off on eBay in early June, said owner Jimmy Grewal.
His AAPL Collection documents the first 30 years of Apple's existence from 1976 and is widely considered the rarest selection of Apple products in the Middle East. Mr Grewal owns two Apple-1 units.
Adding to the value of the Apple-1 going under the hammer is an autograph from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak — who recognised his own creation and signed it during a visit to Dubai last November.
“I plan to use the proceeds to create more opportunities for the public to interact with my collection, whether it’s at pop-up exhibitions or permanent public venue,” Mr Grewal told The National.
The Apple-1 was the first product by the company in 1976. Hand-built by Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Mr Wozniak, only 200 of these machines were made and were sold for $666.66.
Only a few dozen are known to exist today and a website, Apple 1 Registry, keeps track of these with respective names to distinguish them.
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